Shoe polishing device



Patented Sept. 6, 1932 PATENT Louis NAssIr, or WHEELING. .wnsr' VIRGINIA sHon roLIsHING nnvron` Application filed April 9, 1932. Serial No.,6l0{1,137.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoe polishing de; vices, and more particularly to a device for holding and guiding a strip of fabric while the latter is reciprocated over the surface of the shoe to be polished.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character mentioned providing guiding means for the polishing 0 cloth which completely surrounds the shoe when the latter is placed on the foot plate, thereby affording means whereby the entire surface of the shoe, including the heel portion, may be polished in a convenient man- D ner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of simple and inexpensive construction, the same being of a size, shape and weight that it may be carried in the traveling bags of tourists and travelers without inconvenience.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with a shoe resting thereon, the polishing cloth being shown in polishing position;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device;

igure 3 is a side elevation of the same; an

Figure 4 is a section taken on line 4--4, Fig. 3.

Referring to said drawing, the reference numeral l designates the front portion of a metal plate, preferably made from cast or stamped aluminum or other suitable lightweight material, the plate in its entirety having a shape in top plan approximating the general contour of the sole of a shoe. Said plate has a heel portion 2 which is separated from the front or toe portion l thereof by a raised shoulder 4 formed integrally in said plate, said shoulder keeping the shoe from sliding forward on said plate.

Permanently attached to the shoe plate and completely surrounding the latter is a heavy wire guide 5, said guide being spaced a suitable distance from the side of the foot plate to formintermediate open spaces 7, `and being attachedto the plate" at the eXtreme frontand rear ends of the latter byV means y of short rounded supporting members 6, each of which has one end thereof attached to the plate, as 55 by spot welding, and its opposite end attached, also by spot welding, to the guide 5. Each of said guide supporting members 6, as shown in Figs. l and 3, is inclined upwardly and outwardly from the foot plate so that the guide 5 is located above the horizontal plane of the foot plate.

In operation, the polishing cloth 8 is placed in a position where it lies transversely across the upper surface of the shoe plate and under the guide 5 at each of the opposite sides of the plate. The user then slips the front portion of his shoe 9 under said cloth and, with his foot resting upon the plate, manually grasps F I the opposite ends of the cloth and pulls the 0 same alternately upward, this alternate pulling of the ends upwardly resulting in a reciprocating movement of the cloth over the shoe and through the resultant friction imparts the desired polish to the shoe.

By reason of the fact that the guide 5 completely surrounds the shoe plate it will be readily understood that the entire surface of the shoe, including the heel portion, may be polished simply by sliding the polishing cloth about the shoe and plate during the polishing operation. Y

It will also be noted that the cloth-guide 5 projects above the level of the horizontal plane of the plate, thus providing a stop for sliding movements of the foot of the user with respect to the plate.

The supporting members 6, by means of which the cloth-guide 5 is attached to the plate are preferably made round in cross section and are devoid of sharp corners in order to lessen resistance when the sliding polishing cloth comes in contact therewith during the operation of polishing the front and heel 9V portions of the shoe.

The device may be utilized as a combination shoe polisher and body eX-erciser. In use, the device may be placed on a chair or stool and one foot of the user placed on the device in the manner hereinbefore described. The polishing cloth may be made of such a short length that the user will necessarily be forced to bend forward at his waist in order to grasp the ends of the cloth. During reciprocation of the cloth in the polishing operation a beneficial exercise is .thereby impar-ted to the abdominaland shoulder muscles vof the user.

What is claimed isf In a shoe polishing device comprising a foot plate, guide means for a polishing VYcloth `attached to said plate and spaced away from the sides of the latter, said guide means 'occupy-z ing a position wherein itis elevated above the Y level of the plane of said plate and completely surrounds the latter, and means vlocated at the oppositey ends of 'said plate for supporting f I V Y said guide means.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature.

IiOUIS NASSIF.

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